SAY IT AGAIN

I came (to India first) in 1991 with a backpack and I caught trains, the video buses overnight, hitched rides... I’m doing it a bit different now, I’ve brought my own plane.

Anthony Albanese

A great festival-time activitymaking drawings and creating art works relevant to the theme of the day. I’m sure this young artist learnt a lot about Shiva (if she did not already know about him before) while engaged in this drawing. Another activity can be colouring-in. Imagine the questions that can crop up. Why crescent moon? Why skulls? Why snake?? Why drum??

Rakesh Yadav wrote: Jai Bholenath.

The Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell shared something interesting. He was taught by a Mrs Ebert in Grade 1, she left a deep impact on his life and credits for his educational grounding. Mrs Ebert (and her family) migrated from Goa to Adelaide in the 1950s and became a teacher. I was happy to hear this anecdote, which underlies the rich cultural connect between India and Australia.

Narendra Modi

Extraordinary Cricket Observations

You’re loving the quirky pieces that KErSI MEhEr-hOMJI, cricket statistician extraordinaire, has been offering up this Border-Gavaskar series

Ranjan Mahapatra wrote: Did not know the Abbas Ali Baig connection to the Cadbury India ads!

Pammi Bhalla wrote: This is amazing. Does Kersi Meher-Homji have similar Indian cricket trivia/stats/gems with other cricket-playing nations?

Keshava Murthy wrote: Enjoyed memorable trivia. Fantastic memory of Kersi. Also, about ‘Jaadu’ and ‘Baidi’: a very nice article depicting the feats of these two spinners as only Kersi can describe!

Patricia Kumar wrote: Love this one: “On the third day of the third test in the ‘3’ sponsored test series in Melbourne in 2003, Australia was at one stage 3 for 333, trailing India by 33 runs.” How can he even…?

Upanshu Sharma wrote: Remarkable collection. Wonderful read.

Where In India

the highest peak in India, standing at 8586 metres above sea level, is also known as the ‘five treasures of snow’. where in India?

Caption Contest

What’s the Holi banter, we asked, between Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra here?

Rashida Tayabali won a free movie ticket wrote for her response: I said I was sorry for making you eat dal the other night!

Libran Lily wrote: uff ye holi, haye ye holi.

Rashida Tayab Ali wrote again: Blue is NOT my colour, Nick!

Vandana Mathur wrote: Help! I thought he was a white tiger. My dil is dhadkoing too fast!

Pavneet Kaur wrote: My asthma doesn't kick in on Holi so I'm coming back for you.

Smita Pawar Nashikkar wrote: Bhaag kahan rahi hai. Aaj mauka mila hai pure saal ka gussa nikalne ka

Medha Vikas wrote: Priyanka, you’ve woken the baby up with your Holi hungama – how dare you!

Holi With Pets

Keeping your pet safe during Holi Uma Patel wrote: Good to see this concern for the wellbeing of our pets on festivals like Holi and Diwali. Cactuslessons wrote: Raising awareness – we call that ‘careness’.

Where In Oz

This was one of the filming locations of the famous song tanhayi in the Hindi film Dil Chahta hai, starring Aamir Khan. Where in Oz?

Readers Clarion

Pereira, Smita Pawar

Nashikkar, Arina Banik Sil, Rameshwar Roy,and Amit Sharma got it right: Waverley cemetery, NSW

Having the pleasure of hearing

The Triffids and The Go Betweens on the sitar was unexpected and extremely touching.

Anthony Albanese

All my efforts to deliberately not use cricket analogies to describe the Aust-India relationship have failed spectacularly today Baani Grewal, India-Australia analyst, after stadium chariot ride in Ahmedabad

There were SO MANY questions from India when ALP won election. Albo has well and truly shown them.

Erin Watson, public policy analyst

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